The Indian mutiny - 1857

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A-level History - India Mind Map on The Indian mutiny - 1857, created by jakecampling on 22/12/2013.
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The Indian mutiny - 1857
  1. Causes
    1. Religion
      1. between caste contact on railways
        1. Brahmins made up a large amount of the sepoys
        2. The new rifle cartridges had been greased with pork and beef fat
          1. SPARK
      2. Key Events
        1. 85 sepoys were court-martialled for refusing to use cartridges
          1. Mutineers declared the Mughal Emperor ruler of India
            1. The mutiny spread through Deli + North India
              1. 400 British people were tricked and then massacred
              2. Consequences
                1. The British vicious revenge
                  1. made Indians lick bloody buildings clean
                    1. many were hanged
                      1. whole villages were massacred
                        1. Some were loaded into cannons and blown up
                        2. British to Indian ratio in the army was reduced to 3:1
                          1. More loyal Sikhs were recruited
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